{"product_id":"scientific-explanation-and-the-causal-structure-of-the-world","title":"Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed here involves a radically new treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical character of contemporary science. Wesley C. Salmon describes three fundamental conceptions of scientific explanation--the epistemic, modal, and ontic. He argues that the prevailing view (a version of the epistemic conception) is untenable and that the modal conception is scientifically out-dated. Significantly revising aspects of his earlier work, he defends a causal\/mechanical theory that is a version of the ontic conception.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Salmon's theory furnishes a robust argument for scientific realism akin to the argument that convinced twentieth-century physical scientists of the existence of atoms and molecules. To do justice to such notions as irreducibly statistical laws and statistical explanation, he offers a novel account of physical randomness. The transition from the \"reviewed view\" of scientific explanation (that explanations are arguments) to the causal\/mechanical model requires fundamental rethinking of basic explanatory concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Personal Memoirs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780691101705\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £5.86","offer_id":47912593621169,"sku":"SB-0691101701-C3","price":5.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0691101701.jpg?v=1789258785","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/scientific-explanation-and-the-causal-structure-of-the-world","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}